Chapter 166: The Strong Man Is Dead
Fox Chao was shocked: "The strong man is dead!" ”
The black-clothed army that came out of the Yaoguang Hall was none other than Cai Xide's subordinates. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
They had all been killed under the siege of the Blue Harrier.
The dinghy slowly came to a halt in the middle of the lake.
In the originally dark cabin, a torch was lit.
Only then did Fox Chao see clearly that Cai Xide was dressed in a military uniform, holding a long lance in one hand and a long knife in the other.
That's the outfit of Cai Xide against the enemy.
Moreover, it is an outfit that faces a strong enemy!
Cai Xide can hold a lance in his right hand and wield a knife in his left hand, but he has always regarded himself very highly, and he generally needs to hold a lance when facing the enemy, and it is enough.
Ling Fox Chao secretly screamed badly, and was about to ask, when he heard a cannon sound in the dark Jiuzhou Pool.
This cannon is not fireworks, but a magnificent cannon of the two armies!
With the sound of the cannon, countless torches were lit around Jiuzhou Pond, as if a wall of fire had been formed.
At the same time, numerous warships rushed into the lake and headed for the three dinghys in the lake.
On the warship, the shout shook the sky: "Capture the traitor Cai Xide, Ling Fox Tide!" ”
"They dare to openly attack and kill General Cai and Linghu Gongzi in Luoyang Palace!" Ma then shouted.
"My father-in-law is in danger!" Ling Huchao said.
An Qingxu had completely ignored An Lushan's shouting and killing, which could only show one thing, he didn't need to be afraid of An Lushan!
"Could it be that General Cai is here with the belief that he will die?" Ma Sui asked.
In the shouting of killing, Cai Xide looked up to the sky and sighed: "Cai betrayed Datang, he is indeed a traitor who should be killed!" It's just that after Cai's death, when he went to the underworld, what face did he have to see Yan Gaoqing! ”
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Chang'an, the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, is covered with clouds.
In Chang'an City, I haven't seen the sun for half a month.
From the beginning of January to the present, Chang'an City has been covered with clouds all day long, and the north wind is howling, but there is not a single snowflake.
There is no sunshine and no heavy snow, and such a spring moon is really depressing.
Li Longji's mood was as gloomy as the weather in early spring.
What made him even more annoyed was that the old monks in the Great Mercy and Grace Temple who couldn't eat the ancients didn't know how to change, and when the emperor arrived, they still refused to invite the Buddha's true body relics out of the Prajna Hall!
According to the temple rules of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, the Buddha's true body relics are enshrined in the Great Mercy and Grace Temple's Prajna Hall, and they must not be disturbed, let alone moved out of the Prajna Hall.
Every year on the day of the Buddha's descent, the Great Mercy and Grace Temple is open to the people, allowing secular people to enter the temple to pay homage to the Buddha's bones, but the space of the Prajna Hall is narrow and cannot accommodate too many people, so only one hundred representatives can be selected each time to enter the Prajna Hall to pay respects.
This made the people of Chang'an very unhappy, but no matter how dissatisfied the people were, the rules of the Great Ci'en Temple were untouchable!
Even Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong are helpless about this.
Therefore, half a year ago, because Yang Guifei's phoenix body was not safe, Li Longji moved the idea of inviting the Buddha's true body relics to the Daming Palace, but this idea was categorically rejected by the Great Ci'en Temple, but Li Longji did not blame the Daci'en Temple. This is the rule of the Buddha world, and the Great Mercy and Grace Temple has not done anything wrong, but Li Longji's idea is too disrespectful! As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, sometimes, he had to bow his head to the Buddha.
However, today, Li Longji personally came to the Great Ci'en Temple to pay homage to the Buddha's bones, and the old monk of the Daci'en Temple was still so stubborn, Li Longji was a little annoyed!
Pranya Hall is too narrow, where can it accommodate the king of a country!
Just imagine, the arrival of the dignified Son of Heaven, the small family of Pranyo Hall, how can it not break the dignity of the emperor!
Therefore, Li Longji originally thought that the Great Ci'en Temple would invite the Buddha's true body relics to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, where the house is tall and the emperor's worship ceremony is also solemn.
This is self-evident, and it stands to reason that there is no need for Li Longji to remind him, and the Great Ci'en Temple should also think of it.
But the Great Mercy and Grace Temple didn't expect it.
They still respectfully invite His Holiness to go to Prajna Hall!
Li Longji was angry in his heart, but he had to endure it.
He knew that in this national crisis, this trip could be regarded as a temporary cramming of Buddha's feet, but the Buddha's feet had to be held solemnly, at least, not to let the world see the disrespect in his heart!
Li Longji was not a brutal and reckless monarch. In fact, he does have the eloquence to rule the world and the bearing to judge the situation. It's just that over the years, his talent has spent a lot on Yang Guifei's belly. Now An Lushan's rebellion has made him a little sober, and he knows that in this situation, he must not act rashly!
What's more, he came to the Great Ci'en Temple this time, and he traveled secretly. There are no courtiers to follow, let alone Yang Guozhong!
Thinking of Yang Guozhong, Li Longji smiled bitterly in his heart.
If Yang Guozhong followed, he would definitely avoid the embarrassment of stooping down. That well-behaved prime minister is simply a roundworm in his stomach, and he will already do things seamlessly according to his intentions.
Follow him, only the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan and the crown prince Li Heng!
Speaking of this prince, Li Longji was even more disappointed in his heart.
It has been three months since An Lushan's rebellion, and Li Heng, who is the prince of the country, has not had a single policy to stabilize the country!
He just followed the emperor's ass, submissive all day long, and listened to the emperor's arrangement.
Even the trivial matter of paying homage to the Buddha's bones, he didn't arrange it! You can count on him to turn the tide!
The only thing that the Great Ci'en Temple did to make Li Longji feel a little relieved was to invite Master Xuyuan, the master of the temple, to accompany Li Longji to pay homage to the Buddha's bones.
Xuyuan is the uncle of the abbot of the Great Ci'en Temple, Master Kongming, who is the master of the Daci'en Temple with the highest rank and the deepest Buddhist attainments, and does not meet with any laymen on weekdays. Li Longji has been an emperor for decades, and he has only met Xuyuan twice. That was twenty years ago.
Over the years, Xuyuan has been in retreat, and even the monks in the monastery have not been able to see him. Only half a year ago, because the Tubo national teacher Kumo came to debate the scriptures, he appeared in a meeting and had a confrontation with Guma. After that, Xuyuan never left the meditation room again.
This time, there was finally another effort to drive the far away, which was regarded as the Great Mercy and Grace Temple giving the emperor a face.
From the Daxiong Treasure Hall to the Prajna Hall, it is a bluestone path. On both sides of the path, there was the Longwu army led by Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu, and they all dressed as monks and bowed their heads on the side of the road. This is an expedient measure, the Great Ci'en Temple does not accept soldiers, but the emperor must be guarded by the Longwu army, and the Longwu soldiers will be disguised as monks, which can be regarded as barely in line with the temple rules.
The law enforcement monk Kong Repentance led the way, Li Longji and Yang Guifei walked side by side in the center, indicating that the Tang Emperor was one husband and wife, and Xuyuan walked in the left rear, half a position away from Li Longji, and the abbot Kong Ming walked five steps behind Li Longji with the crown prince Li Heng.
Chen Xuanli held the waist knife in his hand and walked two steps in front of Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan.